Reply To: Dvar Torah Vayeitzei — Monuments and Meals

The ladder united, through its rungs, according to the Ksav Sofer, teaches us how a human being can elevate himself from the ground to the heaven with the help of others. Sulom full with a ‘vov’ is the same gematria as kol, tzom and moman each 136 together 408 as the be’zos’ yova Aharon which refers to teshuva, tefila and tzadah. Yaakov Avinu united all the rocks into one matzeva.
Yaakov Avinu realized that the thing that separates holiness is the ego, אנכי עומד בין ה’ וביניכם, says the Baal Shem Tov ztz’l that the ego, anochi separates us from Hashem. אכן יש ה’ במקום הזה, I said, if we want holiness in a place, ואנכי לא ידעתי we must set aside the anochi, the ego.